In the past week, there have been more than 300,000 COVID cases in Australia – although Professor Kelly and Health Minister Mark Butler believe the real figure could be double that. “We don’t always get it right but the trends are there … all I can say is for the next month all of the forecasts are that we will continue to see more cases unless we all work together to slow that spread,” he said. Professor Kelly refused to be drawn on forecast case numbers for the end of winter.
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“I have recommended that we need to increase mask use … we have left it there for others to consider the pros and cons of how to do that.” “It’s a pretty strong recommendation,” he told the ABC on Wednesday.
“People have looked after each other and I’m confident that they’ll continue to do so.”Įarlier, chief medical officer Paul Kelly said strong community action was needed to halt the spread of the virus. Mr Albanese praised people for being “incredibly responsible during this pandemic”. “It’s pretty close to being the same at the moment, of where we were in January … but the difference is this is a very infectious strain,” he said. He said the impact was likely to be similar to that of the earlier wave last summer. Mr Albanese said based on modelling from health authorities, the winter wave was expected to peak in August and would likely be over by September. “The truth is that if you have mandates, you’ve got to enforce them,” he said.Īnd: “Businesses will continue to make those decisions” about working from home. He outlined “four key differences” to help get through the latest COVID wave – booster shots, access to antivirals, “encouraged” mask-wearing, and staying at home if sick.īut he again ruled out mandates and ordering people to work from home. “I think people are done with those sort of economic restrictions … when I met with the state premiers and chief ministers last week, no one’s arguing for those economic constraints to be brought back,” he told Melbourne radio 3AW.
“The measures that were put in place are the kinds of measures that we can continue to implement when we see these waves.”Īsked on Wednesday if border closures or lockdowns might return, Mr Albanese responded: “I hope not”. “Now that we have a vaccine, the set of measures that we put in place are necessarily different, because … this kind of situation is going to continue.
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